Still Life Thursday – Feather

Red-Tailed Hawk Feather, originally uploaded by Pandora’s Box on flickr. While I was out running tonight, this feather caught my eye near the path. Since I collect feathers, I couldn’t resist stopping and picking this one up.  I was delighted to find such a large feather…it’s about 12 inches long! Since I spotted my treasure [...]

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Unravelling Thursday – What to Write With and In

Favorite Things…What to Write With and In, originally uploaded by Pandora’s Box on flickr. This week’s theme in my Unravelling class is focusing on those things we cherish, things we don’t leave the house without, things that define our spaces. Although I compose a great deal more at my computer now than I once did, [...]

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Crazy for Color

Crazy for Color, originally uploaded by Pandora’s Box on flickr. JJ and I decided to take an impromptu road trip over the long weekend. Just one night away from all those things we have to do, a couple days meandering through little towns, stopping wherever we wanted and taking pictures along the way. I just [...]

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Thursday Still Life – Gumbo: Before

Gumbo – Before, originally uploaded by Pandora’s Box on flickr. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!  Every year we cook up a big pot of duck and sausage gumbo to share with all our friends with whom we spend the entirety of Thanksgiving day!  Yes, we start with breakfast and we eat and drink ALL day!  This tradition [...]

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Shameless Gal Pal Promotion – Style Arsenal

You may remember that not too long ago I rambled on and on and on about my favorite jeans.  (Well, what’s not to love, really?)  In case you missed that post or have a short memory, you can check it out here:  Favorite Things – Favorite Jeans.   More importantly one of my favorite gal [...]

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Favorite Things – Favorite Dessert – Lemon Icebox Pie

Tonight we’re seeing friends and as is often my willing role, I’m bringing dessert.  Sometimes I buy dessert.  Sometimes I concoct dessert in the form of fancy ice cream sundaes that make people complain about being served dessert in a bucket later.  But today I decided to actually cook dessert.  Miss M has been asking [...]

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Favorite Things – Favorite Jeans

The first pair of blue jeans I remember really loving was a pair I had in the third grade.  My love for them might have been because they weren’t those god-awful Toughskins from Sears.  But truthfully, I think I loved them because they had Mork & Mindy embroidered on the back pockets.  (Okay, I realize [...]

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Favorite Things – Favorite Color

Do you remember Garanimals brand clothes?  The original concept, as I understood it as a child, was that the different items of clothing were coded with animals that kids could match up so that their outfits would also match.  So, for example, match a zebra pair of shorts with a zebra top and you’re sure [...]

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